Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 4 Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 x - 6 12 0 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 1 3 0 0 5 4 Clyde Spearman rf 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piper Davis ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 Alphonse Dunn 1b 4 0 1 1 0 10 1 Hoss Walker 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 Paul Hardy c 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 Gready McKinnis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Alvin Gipson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 7 2 0 6 24 16 FIELDING - E: 4. Piper Davis 3, Paul Hardy. BATTING - 2B: Tommy Sampson, Paul Hardy. SH: Clyde Spearman 2. Team LOB: 5 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 5 1 1 1 0 2 3 Newt Allen lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Willard Brown cf 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 2 3 2 0 1 4 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 1 0 1 12 1 Herb Barnhill c 4 0 1 0 0 6 0 Hilton Smith p 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 Hank Thompson rf 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 Totals 33 6 12 6 3 1 27 10 BATTING - 2B: Bonnie Serrell, Hank Thompson. HR: Willard Brown, Bonnie Serrell. SH: Hank Thompson. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Jesse Williams. CS: Jesse Williams, Willard Brown, Buck O`Neil. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis L 5.1 9 5 5 1 1 2 25 Alvin Gipson 2.2 3 1 1 2 0 0 12 Totals 8 12 6 6 3 1 2 37 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith W 9 7 2 2 0 6 0 34 Totals 9 7 2 2 0 6 0 34 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Hurley McNair, 2B - , 3B - Boone Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 5500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/11/1943, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. F.McLaurin cf J.Williams ss 2. T.Sampson 2b N.Allen lf 3. C.Spearman rf H.Souell 3b 4. L.Lockett lf W.Brown cf 5. P.Davis ss B.Serrell 2b 6. A.Dunn 1b B.O`Neil 1b 7. H.Walker 3b H.Barnhill c 8. P.Hardy c H.Smith p 9. G.McKinnis p H.Thompson rf BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams reached on an error by P.Davis [J.Williams to first]; J.Williams was caught stealing second (P.Hardy to T.Sampson); N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown homered; B.Serrell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; B.O`Neil was caught stealing second (P.Hardy to T.Sampson); H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: H.Walker singled; P.Hardy out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Smith singled to shortstop [H.Smith to second (error by P.Davis)]; H.Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Smith to third]; J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: T.Sampson singled; C.Spearman out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Sampson to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis singled [T.Sampson scored, P.Davis to second (on throw)]; A.Dunn singled [P.Davis scored]; H.Walker out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: P.Hardy dropped a foul fly hit by H.Souell; H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Serrell doubled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: P.Hardy out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Thompson doubled; J.Williams singled [H.Thompson scored]; J.Williams stole second; N.Allen singled [J.Williams scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: T.Sampson singled; C.Spearman out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Sampson to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown walked; B.Serrell homered to rightfield [W.Brown scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Barnhill singled to shortstop [H.Barnhill to second (error by P.Davis)]; A.GIPSON REPLACED G.MCKINNIS (PITCHING); H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.Dunn out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy doubled; A.Gipson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 7TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 8TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson doubled; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 8TH: W.Brown singled; W.Brown was caught stealing second (P.Hardy to T.Sampson); B.Serrell singled; B.O`Neil walked [B.Serrell to second]; H.Barnhill grounded out (P.Davis to A.Dunn) [B.Serrell to third, B.O`Neil to second]; H.Smith singled [B.Serrell scored, B.O`Neil to third]; H.Thompson walked [H.Smith to second]; J.Williams popped to T.Sampson; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 6. BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Dunn out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 2 7 4 5 Monarchs 6 12 0 7
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